The Magazine of The Sierra Club
Listening to Lead
Recent conversations with Sierra Club members across the US illustrated the power of grassroots advocacy
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When Life Gives you Wildfires, Go Looking for Morels
In which the author attempts to cope with fire season by eating her way through the burn zone
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food and drink
ICYMI: Cocaine Concrete, Snowbound California, Swimming Lions & Cheetahs Sometimes Prosper
A weekly roundup for busy people
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climate change
Can the Northern California Summer Steelhead Be Saved in Time?
A report lists the status of the fish as “critical”
The Forests of the Sierra Nevada Are Full of Zombies
They’re big, they’re beautiful, they’re too hot to have babies. What next?
River Rights Gone Wrong in California
In the Golden State, dwindling water resources are increasingly a source of conflict
Katherine May’s Call to Rediscover “Enchantment”
A new book explores the work of everyday wonder
How to Greenwash an Attack on a Major Environmental Law
An effort to whittle down the National Environmental Protection Act isn’t new—but the arguments for doing so sure are
African Joy on the White Continent
An excerpt from the new book "Between Starshine and Clay"
“Please Pray for EP”: How East Palestine Village Is Coping Three Weeks After a Toxic Train Derailment
The Norfolk Southern train disaster is the latest example of a petrochemical boom threatening the safety of communities
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toxics
A Year of War: An Energy Justice Take on Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine
What Putin’s war can teach us about energy transitions and political will
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environmental justice, economic justice, renewable energy, liquefied natural gas, methane gas
It Shouldn’t Take a Fiery Crash and a Toxic Spill to Push Action on Railroad Safety
The disaster in East Palestine, Ohio, is an awful reminder of the dangers faced by working-class communities
“Harvest of Survivors”: 30 Years After Octavia E. Butler’s “Parable of the Sower”
Into the HistoFuture Butlerverse
Ski Resorts’ Snowmaking Quandary
Mild winters and energy-intensive snowmaking are in a positive feedback loop
America’s Largest Land Protection Law Is Under Threat
How a land swap in Alaska could ruin 40 years of conservation and subsistence practices
Celebrate Black History Month With This Timeless Environmental Playlist
Check out these 17 songs by Black artists who center relationships with the environment
Asian American Pacific Islanders in the Environmental Movement
Rhymes, refractions, and reflections
TVA Reaches an Inflection Point
In the past three months, the company has issued rolling blackouts, invested in gas plants, and blown up three smokestacks without adequate public preparation
ICYMI: Teen Hedgehog, London Beavers, Cacti in the Alps & Superbloom Is Back
A weekly roundup for busy people
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climate change
Will the Biden Administration Greenlight ConocoPhillips’ “Carbon Bomb”?
The Alaska project, known as Willow, would be the biggest oil and gas development on federal land
